GoodeReader reports that Apple will launch new iPhones on October 13th. Will any have special eBook-reading functionality hardwired in?

The Verge wonders if the new PocketBook Color eReader is ready for the mainstream.

Still have time in isolation or quarantine? Here are some web sites with Free eBooks to help pass the time while social distancing, and to stock your eLibrary. You’ll find a wide selection of classics, contemporary and non-fiction titles. Bookmark these pages.

Manybooks.net This has become my favorite with thousands of free titles in a wide variety of trouble-free formats.

GetFreeeBooks.com Just what it says.  A huge selection.

Project Gutenberg  Their mission statement: to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks. Too many titles to count…

G. Wells Taylor has several FREE and/or affordable titles/sequels that are receiving great reviews at GWellsTaylor.com. Multiple formats available.

Smashwords offers a long list of FREE eBook titles in formats to suit your new eBook reader.

GoodeReader writes about the Onyx Boox Max Lumi.

Publishers continue to struggle with the eBook Revolution, according to a Wired story. The COVID-19 pandemic’s enforced isolation rules have turned readers onto eBooks in a serious way.

This has put library eBook titles in high demand and that puts publishers in a funk as they call such activity a “profit killer.”

Sad that we’re destined for another dispute between them and libraries, when all they really have to do is come up with a new business model to suit the future of publishing. They have to evolve.

Debugger writes that the Pocketbook Color eReader is here. Read a review of the new device at the link.

The Albion Pleiad presents the pros and cons of eBooks and print books.

GoodeReader reports that after a six-year pause, Amazon will start selling the Kindle DX again on September 29.

Popular eBook library management application Calibre 5.0 is now available.

An OverDrive Education press release says that COVID-19 realities are encouraging the adoption of digital books and remote learning.